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Heavy rain in the Metro area prompted an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Orleans Parish until 6:15 pm. Once we cool, the rain will begin to diminish.

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Updated: 6:12 PM CDT Jun 23, 2014

Heavy Rain

Heavy rain in the Metro area prompted an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Orleans Parish until 6:15 pm. Once we cool, the rain will begin to diminish.

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Updated: 6:12 PM CDT Jun 23, 2014

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WEBVTT Urban & small stream floodadvisory posted for Orleansparish until6:15 pm. Report of 2.81 inchesof rain in Lake Vista in thepast 40-50 minutes.Street flooding is possible.Heaviest rain right now is fromWaggamanthrough Harahan into theLakefront. There is a lot oflightning. Bestplace to be right now is insideaway from windows, not taking ashower oron a land phone. There is also astrong storm north of Bay St.Louiswith little movement. Highpressure is to our East sendinginwarm moist air. There's a coldfront stalled to our north, andit will not getvery close to us at all. Wehave some showers and a fewstorms thisafternoon that are poppingthanks to the heat. Most of theactivity is onthe Northshore and MississippiCoast, but we've had someactivity pop in theMetro area thanks to theheating. This is lightningAwareness Week.It's a good time to remind youabout the dangers of lightning.If youhear thunder, you can be hit bylightning. How can you tell howfaraway the lightning is? When yousee lightning, start counting.When youhear the thunder, divide by 5,and that will let you know howfar awaythe lightning is. If you get to10, divide by 5, and thelightning is 2 milesaway. You can be hit bylightning standing under a tree,talking on awired phone, washing dishes atthe kitchen sink, blow dryingyourhair, on the roof even outsidewhen it is not raining. Keep aneye to thesky especially during the Summerwhen we have numerous storms.The high today was 90 at theAirport. The average high is 90and the record is99 set in 2009. Highs acrossthe area were in the upper 80sto low90s. Mostly cloudy skies keptthe temps a little lower today.Right nowtemps range from the mid 70s tonear 90. The heat index is ashigh as theupper 90s. The wind is lightand variable at 5-10 mph, butwe've hada wind gust of 23 mph atBogalusa. This evening tempswill be in the mid80s at 6pm, upper 70s to low 80sat 9pm and morning lows will bein thelow to mid 70s. Some patchy fogis possible. Partly to mostlycloudyTuesday with highs near to thelow 90s. We have a 20-30% rainchance.AHEAD IN NEW ACROSS THE AMERICATONIGHT--- THE

Heavy Rain

Heavy rain in the Metro area prompted an Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Orleans Parish until 6:15 pm. Once we cool, the rain will begin to diminish.